New Home-to-Hospital Connected Critical Care Program at MassGeneral’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Puts Attending Doctors at Patient Bedside 24/7
A new, pioneering
home-to-hospital program, Connected Pediatric Critical Care, features
real-time video communication, enabling the on-call attending
physician, when at home, to personally examine the patient and
communicate directly with the PICU staff, other specialists, and even
the child’s parents.
Stories of Success! Health IT’s Impact on National Safety Goals & Priorities
Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and
patient safety and health IT — HIMSS and ASQ (American Society for
Quality) announce the selection of 16 real-world and peer-reviewed case
study submissions.
Schreiner MediPharm to Introduce Innovative Self-Lifting Label at Interphex 2010
Schreiner MediPharm, a Germany-based global provider of specialty
pharmaceutical labeling solutions for over 50 years will be exhibiting
their full line of specialty labels at Interphex 2010,
April 20-22 in New York.
Patient Safety Advocates Launch Campaign to Reduce Resident Physician Fatigue, Boost Patient Safety
A coalition of public interest and patient
safety groups launched a campaign to increase public awareness and
gather stories about patients who have received inferior medical care
from fatigued physicians.
FDA Unveils Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an initiative to reduce
unnecessary radiation exposure from three types of medical imaging
procedures: computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine studies, and
fluoroscopy.
Is Patient Safety Part of Something Larger?
I keep seeing examples of what I think of as a
patient safety approach to problems: an emphasis on clear
communication, teamwork, systems thinking, disclosing and learning from
errors, and personal accountability balanced with an understanding of
the inevitability of human error. These principles have relevance and
benefits beyond patient safety — beyond medicine…
Using Social Media to Improve Patient Safety
Facebook. Twitter. Wikipedia. The names alone
may cause eyes to roll and prompt a quick run for the exits. Despite
widespread skepticism, these and other interactive sources of
information and communication, referred to as social media, continue to
proliferate.
Versus Announces Patient Flow Automation with RTLS for St. Louis VAMC
Versus Technology, Inc. (Versus) has effectively deployed Enterprise
VISion for the St. Louis VAMC, John Cochran Division to help manage
patient flow, room status, and interaction with patients in real-time.
Noblis Awarded Department of Veterans Affairs Contract to Provide RASMAS
Noblis, a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization, has
been awarded a new contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs,
National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS), to utilize RASMAS, the
leading web-based recall management service.
Joint Commission Alert: Preventing Deaths During, After Pregnancy
Pre-existing medical conditions such as high blood pressure are putting
women at greater risk for death during or shortly after pregnancy,
according to a Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert recently issued.